Krivak, Andrew.

The sojourn / Andrew Krivak. - 1st ed. - New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2011. - 191 p. ; 19 cm.

Uprooted from a nineteenth century mining town in Colorado by a shocking family tragedy, young Jozef Vinich returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd's life in rural Austria-Hungary. When war comes, Jozef is sent as a sharpshooter to the southern front, where he must survive the killing trenches, a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps, and capture by a victorious enemy.

ISBN: 9781934137345 (pbk.) 1934137340 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010053027

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Soldiers--Austria--Fiction.
Prisoners of war--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War stories.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3561.R569 / S65 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54